Caprock locked down after false tip

Police arrested a 15-year-old male student identified as the one who made the false emergency call. The student was taken to the Youth Center of the High Plains on a charge of making a false report.

The report led officials to lock down Caprock High School for about 45 minutes Tuesday while police and school officials searched for the student and the reported gun on campus. No weapon was found, said Doug Loomis, executive director for the Caprock Cluster for the Amarillo Independent School District.

All students were put in rooms, and all doors locked during the investigation, Loomis said.

Amarillo police received the 911 call about 1:50 p.m., Sgt. Brent Barbee said. The caller said a student may have been armed with a gun at Caprock. Barbee said the student was not at the school.

Cpl. Jerry Neufeld said the student was found at his home, brought to the station to be interviewed and released. No weapons were found on him, in the residence or anywhere around the residence, Neufeld said. The student was not arrested.

The student had not been at school for two days, he said. Loomis did not know the reason for the student's absence, he said.